Journal box



Oct. 22, 1935. R. J. BRITTAIN, JR., El AL 2,018,003

JOURNAL BOX Fileii July 12, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS: OTTO W YOUNG,

RICHARD J. BR/TTAIN JR,

THEIR. ATTORN E Y.

3 R. J. BRITTAIN, JR., El AL 2,018,008

JOURNAL Box Filed Jui 12, 19:2 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 #5 +06 ma 1/9 I //a Cw 4/4 22 FIG-9 20 INVENTORS.

, OTTO w You/vs,

RICHARD .1. BRITTAIN JR.,

THE/R ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 22, 1935 PATENT OFFICE JOURNAL BOX I Richard J. Brlttain, Jr., Bloomfield, and Otto W.

Young, East Orange,

N. J asslgn on to General Motors Corporatiombetroit, Micln, a corporation of Delaware Application July 12. l832.-'8erial No. szz'noo a Claim. (Cl. 308-41) This invention relates to journal boxes and comprises all of the features of novelty herein disclosed. An object of the invention ls to provide an improved journal box. Another object is to provide a journal box thrust construction'of great simplicity, economy and ease of assembly. To these ends and also to improve generally upon devices of this character, the invention consists in the various matters hereinafter described and claimed. In its broader aspects, the invention is not necessarily limited to the speciflc construction selected for-illustrative purposes in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 2 is a plan'view with a portion of the box, its bearings, and a retaining ring in horizontal section, the cover being removed. i Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the thrust block,-

enlarged.

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the retaining ring.

Fig. 6 is an end view tipped upwardly. I

Fig. 7 is a sectional view of a portion of the box on the line '|1 of Fig. 6.

Fig'. 8 is a vertical sectional of the ''box and the seat plate.

view of a portion Fig. 9 is a central cross sectional view of the' bolted on against-a gasket. The "ring has an internal groove 28 to collect and drain oil thrown from the axle and is provided'with-an extension which terminates in a flat face to guide the' adjacent end ring l8. 1 Around the upper portion of the extension 88 is a relief groove 82 receiving surplus oil from the rollers and draining the 'oil to the receptacle 24. The cap or sealing ring has grease grooves at the axle' and carries -'an outwardly extending flange 84 which forms a drain groove 88. A guard flange 38 projectsaxially across the flange 84 from a guard ring 40 which has atsecond axial flange l2 pressed on a hub 44 ofawheel. The guard flange and the b: the box with one-end I The rear end of the box where the axle enters-is closed by a flanged "cap or sealing ring 28 is held from turning. The thrust block is passed drain groove cooperate to keep foreign matter from entering the box.

The front end of the box has an end wall 48 provided with an enlargement 50 having a filling opening 82 through which lubricant may-be supplied to the reservoir 24. The box is slabbed oil on an incline to provide an opening 5! closed by a cap 58 fastened on with screw bolts. On the wall-l8 is arr-annular face or pad 58 and at the sides of this are parallel vertical ribs terminatingat a horizontal shelf 82 which is centrally notched at 64. A thrust block 68 having a slot-88 for a wick 10 is insertable through the opening 54 to rest on the shelf 82 and has a plurality of lugs or extensions 12 which flt between the ribs 80 to' hold the block from rotation. To facilitate handling, the block is provided at the top with an eyed extension 14 a flnger piece.

The thrust block is held against or close to the face or pad 58 by a retaining ring which is interposed between the end of the sleeve 18 and a pair of arcuate abutment ribs 18 on the end wall 48. The ring 18 is notched. at v8il and 82 next to the upper and lower portions of the sleeve l8, 2 thepurpose being to prevent contact of the pressed-in sleeve with the ring at those portions of the ring whichare not backed up with abutment faces on the box. The ring is also notched .more' deeply at 84 to provide a passage for oil 3 between the wick chamber and the lower rollersforming of the bearing. The ring also has a vertical slot 88 to flt and hold the sides of the wick l0. Arcuate faces or ribs 88 on the ring are arranged to abut against the box ribs 18 this to prevent dis- 3 tortion of the ring when the raceway sleeve I8 is forced into the box bore against theunrelieved I portions of the ring; The ribs 88 are recessed at 88 and'carry internal projections or flanges 92 which straddle a portion 01' the thrust block 884 and clear the vertical ribs 60. vThese internal projections extendinwardly towards the center I. of the ring far enough so that they overlap the outwardly extending lugs 12 on the thrust block to hold the latter'in place and especially from 4 movement-towards the shaft. The retaining ring is inserted in the box frqm'the open end thereof and I has flat faces 84 which enter between the flat sides of the enlargement. whereby the ring downwardly through the box opening 5d and be-' tween the spaced upper ends of the ribs 88 and flanges- 82, the lugs 12 passing downwardly outside of the flanges 82 and being guided by the vertical ribs 80. The thrust block has its thrust 5 portion in the plane of the ring I0 while only the portion carrying the outwardly extending lugs or projections I2 is beyond the plane of the ring to overlap the internal projections or flanges 02. Thus the thrust block is held in close association with the end wall of the box ready for quick removal and the end wall is close to the sleeve I8 and to the shaft I0.

The box 22 has flat side walls I00 each having a single vertical pedestal flange I02 covered by a wear plate I04. In thepresent instance, thebox is quite thick between the side walls I00 and the bore 20 to adapt the box for wide jaw pedestals. The box has cored recesses I06 and I00 and bracing webs IIO to reduce the weight and give strength. 'Its top face is elevated somewhat and is preferably crowned at II2 longitudinally of the axle, the crown preferably being cylindrical. Recesses I I4 in the boxare to receive lugs or projections II6 on a seat plate III! which rocks on the surface II2, the under face II9 of the seat plate preferably having a cylindrical crown also. The recesses H4 and the lugs IIO are arranged in pairs and are spaced apart both longitudinally and laterally of the box. Consequently the engaging faces are continuous and uninterrupted for the full length of the seat'plate across 'the central portion of the box where the seat plate bears in its central or more usual position and so tends to produce the most wear. In other words, the full length of the seat plate has a beara ing on the box at the middle portion of the crown.

.The lugs and recesses are curved to facilitate tilting of the seat plate but they restrict bodily shifting of the seat plate crosswise or longitudi:

nally. The seat plate has side flanges I20 and a connecting rib I22 while the upper face I24 of the plate is crowned crosswise of the box for cooperation with a car frame member such as the usual equalizer bar indicated in broken lines in Fig. 9, the crown-being exaggerated.

We claim: 7.

1. In a device of -the character described, a journal box having an end wall, a shaft journalled in the box, a thrust block interposed between the shaft and the end wall, a ring in the box and having a portion abutting against the end wall, a bearing sleeve in the box and holding said ring against the abutment, the ring having an internal flange projecting inwardly towards the center of the ring and located in a plane beyond the end of the shaft, and the thrust block having a portion projecting outwardly and overlapping the internalflange and lying between the latter and the end Wall of the box whereby the thrust block is held from movement towards the shaft by the internal flange; substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, a journal box having an end wall, a shaft journalled in the box, a thrust block interposed between the shaft and the end wall, a ring in the box and having internal projections extending inwardly towards center of the ring and straddling a portion 0 the thrust block, and the thrust block having extensions projecting outwardly and overlapping said internal projections and interposed between the latter and the end wall; substantially as described.

3. In a device ofthe character described, a journal box having an end wall, a shaft journalled in the box, a thrust block interposed between the shaft and the end wall, a ring in the box and having internal projections straddling a portion of the thrust block, the thrust block havtween the internal projections; substantially as 5 described. I

4. In a device of the character described, a journal box having an endwall', a shaft journalled in the box, a thrust block interposed between the shaft and the end wall, a ring in the 10 box and having internal projections straddling a portion of the thrust block, the thrust block having extensions overlapping the projections, the end wall having ribs embracing the extensions. and the end wall having an opening for removal of 15 the thrust block between the projections and between the ribs; substantially as described.

5. In a device of the character described, a journal box having an end wall, a shaft journalled in the box, a thrust block interposed between the 20 shaft and the end wall, the end wall having arouate ribs with spaced-apart ribs between the arouate ones for embracing extensions of the thrust block, a ring in the, box and having abutment faces engaging the arcuate ribs, and the ring hav- 25 ing internal projections clearing the spaced apart I in the box, a thrust block interposed between the shaft and the end wall, the end wall having abutment ribs, 9. ring in the box and having ribs abutting against the ribs on the box, and a bearing sleeve pressed into the box and engaging the ring 35 only at those portions which are opposed to the abutment ribs; substantially as described.

'7. In a device of the character described, a journal box having an end wall, a shaft journalled in the box, a ring in the box, a thrust block inter- 40 posed between the end of the shaft and the end wall, the thrust block having its thrust portion the plane of the ring with another portion beyond the plane of the ring, said other portion extending outwardly to overlap the ring and lying 45 between the latter and the end wall whereby the overlapping parts hold the thrust block in close association with the end wall; substantially as described.

8. In a device of the character described, a 50 journal box having an end wall, a shaft journalled in the box, a ring in the box and having a portion abutting against the end wall, a bearing sleeve in the box and holding said ring against the end wall, a thrust block interposed between the end of the 55 shaft and the end wall, the thrust block having its thrustportion in the plane of the ring with another portion overlapping the ring and lying between the latter and the end wall; substantially as described.

9. In a .device of the character described, a

. journal box having an end wall at the front, a

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